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  1. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Looks kinda like the Dagu Red a club member gave me this past summer. Need to get it flying at some point.
  2. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Its enjoyable for me to see others building and flying something I designed.
  3. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Went ahead and emailed you the plans for it.
  4. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    3542 outrunner with a 2200mah lipo. KV of the motor is dependent on wether you want to run 3S or 4S lipos. I had a motor originally listed at 900kv which should have given me decent performance on a 12x6 prop running 3S. Ended up having to run a 13x6.5 to get ok vertical. Switched out to a 4s on...
  5. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    That’s one way to do it. Should actually be stronger that way once glued up just takes a little longer to do. Nice job.
  6. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Yes the 44" was my favorite of all of them I think just because it was easy to fly in my yard and would wad up in a ball when you stuffed the sticks in the corner. I can send you the plans for it as well if you want to build it at some point. In that video the plane was still nose heavy as well...
  7. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    To finish answering the question though I do not think building without the counterbalances will hurt its performance. In every one of them I have built and flown in high rates I end up not having set to full deflection as if I do it ends up more like and airbrake.
  8. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Assist the servo is not really something I thought about on these and honestly with the servos we are using now I don't think its helping that much. More then anything I think its to add a little more authority to the control surface as well as aesthetics (they just look cool). On this 20cc...
  9. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Yes he is a very good designer and builder. If you look at his profile picture that green triplane is a full scale plane he designed, built, and flew.
  10. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Hopefully the link post here since its from another forum site but if you scroll through the first three pages you can see Triflyer3D's build of one of his designs. I got a lot of the same build style from this thread and at one time having one of those planes other than I'm using a wing tube...
  11. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    He did not end up adding any weight. Honestly I question if the CG actually was right on his and he just wasn't expecting the plane to be as loose as it was. I would say for sure move rudder and elevator servos forward some to help. For me and I would be going with carbon fiber tubes as pushrods...
  12. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Another thing you could do and I don't think it will hurt performance much at all is to frame up the elevator and move the outer rail in 1" on each side which would make its span 2" less. This from some rough meassurements in CAD might give you enough room to slide the elevator in at an angle to...
  13. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Also to note seeing the pic of the ply nose sides. The guy that built the first one said his came out tail heavy. If I where you I would build the whole thing and install engine, all electronics, fuel tank, landing gear and such before covering to check the CG. If it looks like it will be way...
  14. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    The ProBro guy that built the first one just ended up cutting the rudder post. He went ahead and hinged the elevator to the stab and put it all in as one assembly. Then just glued the removed piece back to the rudder post and put a small piece of covering over it to hide the cut line. I reckon...
  15. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Never heard of forward air. The big one I shipped went via grey hound. I just bought a bundle of 1x2's and built the crate that way. Then the bottom got a layer of 3/4 foam from scraps I had laying around. Wrapped the whole thing in fresh cardboard from work and then just started placing parts...
  16. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    Done that before. I think the crate I built ended up being 76” long, 36” wide, and 24” tall. Boy I was nervous the whole time till the new owner said it arrived safely.
  17. BalsaDust

    The 'What did you do in your workshop tonight?' thread

    I'm falling in love with using the 3D printer at work. finally starting to learn enough that I'm dialing in the setting a lot better and getting way better results.
  18. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Since it will be carrying the load of the engine and the landing gear I recommend aircraft grade birch ply.
  19. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    Ok so looking at the plans if you look at the actual parts layout section parts 14,16 are both drawn on a 1/4" sheet as well as a 3/8" sheet. They will be glued together to give you a total fuse thickness of 5/8". I drew it this way as its cheaper at least last time I priced stuff out to buy a...
  20. BalsaDust

    Scale 20cc Edge 540 Profile “The Glitter”

    When I get back to my computer after lunch I will take a look and help you out.
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